diff --git a/.github/workflows/k3d-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/k3d-ci.yaml
index b0a440f2be..a2eff4e79f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k3d-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k3d-ci.yaml
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ jobs:
           helm upgrade --install -f ./chart/values.yaml -f ./chart/test/test.yaml btrix ./chart/
 
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: 3.x
 
       - name: Install Python Libs
         run: pip install -r ./backend/test-requirements.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests-playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests-playwright.yml
index 4ae8484b8b..cc2c561063 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests-playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests-playwright.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ./frontend
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: '18'
+          node-version: '20'
           cache: 'yarn'
           cache-dependency-path: frontend/yarn.lock
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         id: build-frontend
       - name: Run Playwright tests
         run: cd frontend && yarn playwright test
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
         with:
           name: playwright-report
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/invites.py b/backend/btrixcloud/invites.py
index 27870b379c..03d909637c 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/invites.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/invites.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 from .pagination import DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE
 from .models import (
+    EmailStr,
     UserRole,
     InvitePending,
     InviteRequest,
@@ -133,7 +134,10 @@ async def add_existing_user_invite(
         )
 
     async def get_valid_invite(
-        self, invite_token: UUID, email: Optional[str], userid: Optional[UUID] = None
+        self,
+        invite_token: UUID,
+        email: Optional[EmailStr],
+        userid: Optional[UUID] = None,
     ) -> InvitePending:
         """Retrieve a valid invite data from db, or throw if invalid"""
         token_hash = get_hash(invite_token)
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ async def remove_invite(self, invite_token: UUID) -> None:
         await self.invites.delete_one({"_id": invite_token})
 
     async def remove_invite_by_email(
-        self, email: str, oid: Optional[UUID] = None
+        self, email: EmailStr, oid: Optional[UUID] = None
     ) -> Any:
         """remove invite from invite list by email"""
         query: dict[str, object] = {"email": email}
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/models.py b/backend/btrixcloud/models.py
index 2dfad3eda6..0ff0347f41 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/models.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/models.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     Field,
     HttpUrl as HttpUrlNonStr,
     AnyHttpUrl as AnyHttpUrlNonStr,
-    EmailStr,
+    EmailStr as CasedEmailStr,
+    validate_email,
     RootModel,
     BeforeValidator,
     TypeAdapter,
@@ -47,6 +48,15 @@
 ]
 
 
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class EmailStr(CasedEmailStr):
+    """EmailStr type that lowercases the full email"""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _validate(cls, value: CasedEmailStr, /) -> CasedEmailStr:
+        return validate_email(value)[1].lower()
+
+
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name, too-many-lines
 # ============================================================================
 class UserRole(IntEnum):
@@ -70,11 +80,11 @@ class InvitePending(BaseMongoModel):
     id: UUID
     created: datetime
     tokenHash: str
-    inviterEmail: str
+    inviterEmail: EmailStr
     fromSuperuser: Optional[bool] = False
     oid: Optional[UUID] = None
     role: UserRole = UserRole.VIEWER
-    email: Optional[str] = ""
+    email: Optional[EmailStr] = None
     # set if existing user
     userid: Optional[UUID] = None
 
@@ -84,13 +94,13 @@ class InviteOut(BaseModel):
     """Single invite output model"""
 
     created: datetime
-    inviterEmail: str
+    inviterEmail: EmailStr
     inviterName: str
     oid: Optional[UUID] = None
     orgName: Optional[str] = None
     orgSlug: Optional[str] = None
     role: UserRole = UserRole.VIEWER
-    email: Optional[str] = ""
+    email: Optional[EmailStr] = None
     firstOrgAdmin: Optional[bool] = None
 
 
@@ -98,7 +108,7 @@ class InviteOut(BaseModel):
 class InviteRequest(BaseModel):
     """Request to invite another user"""
 
-    email: str
+    email: EmailStr
 
 
 # ============================================================================
@@ -1179,7 +1189,7 @@ class SubscriptionCreate(BaseModel):
     status: str
     planId: str
 
-    firstAdminInviteEmail: str
+    firstAdminInviteEmail: EmailStr
     quotas: Optional[OrgQuotas] = None
 
 
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/orgs.py b/backend/btrixcloud/orgs.py
index fec17667f7..c517bb0787 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/orgs.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/orgs.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import math
 import os
 import time
-import urllib.parse
 
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
@@ -1614,9 +1613,7 @@ async def get_pending_org_invites(
     async def delete_invite(
         invite: RemovePendingInvite, org: Organization = Depends(org_owner_dep)
     ):
-        # URL decode email just in case
-        email = urllib.parse.unquote(invite.email)
-        result = await user_manager.invites.remove_invite_by_email(email, org.id)
+        result = await user_manager.invites.remove_invite_by_email(invite.email, org.id)
         if result.deleted_count > 0:
             return {
                 "removed": True,
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/users.py b/backend/btrixcloud/users.py
index e0d6896bc3..6519d1cc9c 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/users.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/users.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 from typing import Optional, List, TYPE_CHECKING, cast, Callable
 
-from pydantic import EmailStr
-
 from fastapi import (
     Request,
     HTTPException,
@@ -22,6 +20,7 @@
 from pymongo.collation import Collation
 
 from .models import (
+    EmailStr,
     UserCreate,
     UserUpdateEmailName,
     UserUpdatePassword,
@@ -685,7 +684,7 @@ async def get_existing_user_invite_info(
         return await user_manager.invites.get_invite_out(invite, user_manager, True)
 
     @users_router.get("/invite/{token}", tags=["invites"], response_model=InviteOut)
-    async def get_invite_info(token: UUID, email: str):
+    async def get_invite_info(token: UUID, email: EmailStr):
         invite = await user_manager.invites.get_valid_invite(token, email)
 
         return await user_manager.invites.get_invite_out(invite, user_manager, True)
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/version.py b/backend/btrixcloud/version.py
index a9f57cc1f6..9392cf5407 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/version.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """ current version """
 
-__version__ = "1.11.6"
+__version__ = "1.11.7"
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 3c6b868b8d..b29d24d492 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ gunicorn
 uvicorn[standard]
 fastapi==0.103.2
 motor==3.3.1
+pymongo==4.8.0
 passlib
 PyJWT==2.8.0
 pydantic==2.8.2
diff --git a/backend/test/test_org.py b/backend/test/test_org.py
index 34bda297ee..5c0dddef57 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_org.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_org.py
@@ -360,16 +360,18 @@ def test_get_pending_org_invites(
         ("user+comment-org@example.com", "user+comment-org@example.com"),
         # URL encoded email address with comments
         (
-            "user%2Bcomment-encoded-org%40example.com",
+            "user%2Bcomment-encoded-org@example.com",
             "user+comment-encoded-org@example.com",
         ),
         # User email with diacritic characters
         ("diacritic-tést-org@example.com", "diacritic-tést-org@example.com"),
         # User email with encoded diacritic characters
         (
-            "diacritic-t%C3%A9st-encoded-org%40example.com",
+            "diacritic-t%C3%A9st-encoded-org@example.com",
             "diacritic-tést-encoded-org@example.com",
         ),
+        # User email with upper case characters, stored as all lowercase
+        ("exampleName@EXAMple.com", "examplename@example.com"),
     ],
 )
 def test_send_and_accept_org_invite(
diff --git a/backend/test/test_org_subs.py b/backend/test/test_org_subs.py
index 880040be19..8cdddee645 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_org_subs.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_org_subs.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 VALID_PASSWORD = "ValidPassW0rd!"
 
-invite_email = "test-user@example.com"
+invite_email = "test-User@EXample.com"
 
 
 def test_create_sub_org_invalid_auth(crawler_auth_headers):
diff --git a/backend/test/test_users.py b/backend/test/test_users.py
index a75627002e..2ad8e0a381 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_users.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_users.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def test_me_with_orgs(crawler_auth_headers, default_org_id):
     assert r.status_code == 200
 
     data = r.json()
-    assert data["email"] == CRAWLER_USERNAME
+    assert data["email"] == CRAWLER_USERNAME_LOWERCASE
     assert data["id"]
     # assert data["is_active"]
     assert data["is_superuser"] is False
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def test_login_user_info(admin_auth_headers, crawler_userid, default_org_id):
 
     assert user_info["id"] == crawler_userid
     assert user_info["name"] == "new-crawler"
-    assert user_info["email"] == CRAWLER_USERNAME
+    assert user_info["email"] == CRAWLER_USERNAME_LOWERCASE
     assert user_info["is_superuser"] is False
     assert user_info["is_verified"]
 
diff --git a/chart/Chart.yaml b/chart/Chart.yaml
index b5679c176c..c02d93c552 100644
--- a/chart/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ type: application
 icon: https://webrecorder.net/assets/icon.png
 
 # Browsertrix and Chart Version
-version: v1.11.6
+version: v1.11.7
 
 dependencies:
   - name: btrix-admin-logging
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index cceac78506..e85f587b72 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ default_org: "My Organization"
 
 # API Image
 # =========================================
-backend_image: "docker.io/webrecorder/browsertrix-backend:1.11.6"
+backend_image: "docker.io/webrecorder/browsertrix-backend:1.11.7"
 backend_pull_policy: "Always"
 
 backend_password_secret: "PASSWORD!"
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ backend_avg_memory_threshold: 95
 
 # Nginx Image
 # =========================================
-frontend_image: "docker.io/webrecorder/browsertrix-frontend:1.11.6"
+frontend_image: "docker.io/webrecorder/browsertrix-frontend:1.11.7"
 frontend_pull_policy: "Always"
 
 frontend_cpu: "10m"
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 60ec6915c3..884c39b12e 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "browsertrix-frontend",
-  "version": "1.11.6",
+  "version": "1.11.7",
   "main": "index.ts",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 6b37cb71cf..29eb2917fe 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.11.6
+1.11.7